Not long after the group of Longmen Dart Bureau left, Yan Mengyu suddenly appeared beside Granny Yu, and said thoughtfully: "The two old monks of Daluo Palace are not simple, Li Tiantu should have reached an agreement with them before leaving the dart team, and it is not a loss to give up a glazed tower to protect the entire batch of darts." ”

Granny Yu was taken aback, and only said after a while: "I see, the old body was still wondering how Lord Li suddenly became interested in a useless glazed pagoda."

Yan Mengyu said softly: "The Colorful Zhenlong Pagoda is of little use to us, but it is of great significance to Daluo Palace. ”

Granny Yu has been running a force with Mr. Feng San in Beijing for nearly 20 years, and she only went back to Loulan Dadu once when the little princess was six years old, and she didn't know much why the treasures of Daluo Palace fell into the hands of the Loulan family, and she knew that now was not the time to find out the roots, staring at the direction of Ji Donglai's departure, and hesitated: "Princess, is it still implemented according to the original plan?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Granny Yu suddenly regretted it, she didn't need to ask again, once her little princess decided, the things she decided had never changed, she was just sorry for the beautiful and witty Miss Ji family, that's all.

Yan Mengyu sighed heavily and said, "Mother-in-law, if someone finds the line of the Longmen Dart Bureau, they will definitely be able to find out the clues about my Loulan clan, I know that you are sorry for that little girl." Li Tiantu seems to have a relationship with her, I wonder if I will make the enemy hate me even more if I do this? ”

As soon as the words fell, Yan Mengyu had already left the place and gradually drifted away.

Granny Yu shook her head helplessly, and called Ah Er to whisper.

Li Tiantu, whose Heavenly Dao True Qi had dropped to the sixth level, took a fast horse and returned to Beijing as quickly as possible, and he didn't have time to go to the Commander's Mansion to change into court clothes, and went directly to the West White Tiger Gate of the Imperial Palace.

Seeing that the leader of the forbidden army, who only bowed slightly, he exclaimed, and led a group of subordinates to kneel on the ground and said, "Commander Li, are you back?" ”

Li Tiantu nodded with a smile, and did not stop passing through the White Tiger Gate.

Those who can enter the forbidden palace directly without passing through the rumors, except for His Royal Highness King Yongwang, who was very loved by the emperor, and Princess Yan, who was deeply favored by the queen mother, is only the former commander of the forbidden army, Li Tiantu.

Although Li Tiantu has been promoted to the protector of Anxi, the current position of the commander of the forbidden army is vacant, and people with a discerning eye can know who Tianxuan is staying for at a glance.

At this time, it was the afternoon, Li Tiantu went straight to Nan Shang's room, there were some things that it was necessary to talk to Tianxuan in advance, once it reached the level of the early dynasty, it was extremely difficult for him to control it if he was not familiar with the dispute between the court and the court.

Gonggong Gui carefully closed the door of the south study, and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

Before her husband could react, Li Tiantu had already arrived and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Gui, is the emperor here?" ”

Gonggong Gui, who had always had a good impression of Li Tiantu, suddenly stretched out his wrinkled old face, pushed the door open again, and said slowly: "The emperor has already ordered, Li Duhu, please come in." ”

"Prophet of the Future?" Li Tiantu was stunned and subconsciously entered the study.

At this time, the emperor Tianxuandu was reviewing the chapter on the bookcase, and he didn't raise his head and said: "Guifu, don't persuade me anymore." ”

Li Tiantu looked at Tianxuandu, whose temples were turning white, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's me!" ”

Tianxuandu took the pen in his hand, raised his head slightly and glanced at Li Tiantu, then his eyes returned to the fold, and said calmly: "Sit down first." ”

After the completion of the recital, the emperor put down the pen in his hand, and looked at Li Tiantu with a somewhat complicated look, "To be honest, I hope you can return safely, but I also hope that you don't come back." Isn't it contradictory? ”

Li Tiantu thought for a moment, and seemed to understand whether he understood or not: "Please make it clear to the emperor!" ”

Tianxuandu sighed lightly: "When you come back at this time, you think that Tubo has already retreated, and Xizhou City is safe and sound." ”

Li Tiantu nodded.

"With my understanding of the Tibetan people, how can they easily withdraw their troops?" Tianxuandu's eyes were like electricity, staring at Li Tiandao.

Li Tiantu's scalp was numb, and he deliberately avoided the emperor's words, and looked at the Son of Heaven without fear, and said in a deep voice: "Under normal circumstances, the minister should take more than 60,000 soldiers and civilians in Xizhou City and 180,000 Tubo iron horsemen to die and break the net." ”

Tian Xuandu's right hand clenched into a fist, smashed on the bookcase with a "bang", and rose angrily, his chest rose and fell for a while to finally calm down the anger in his heart, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that the 180,000 Tubo Iron Horsemen can't trap you!" ”

Li Tiantu smiled abruptly and said sadly: "Although the 180,000 iron horsemen can't trap me, they can level Xizhou City." ”

Because of Li Tiantu's sudden intervention, the situation in the Western Regions is completely different from what Tianxuandu originally envisioned, and the emperor sat down with remorse on his face: "As the old saying goes, mercy is not in charge of soldiers, and righteousness is not business." Perhaps, I was wrong to send you to Anthy from the beginning. ”

Li Tiantu disagreed, and said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, is it worth it to exchange such insignificant strategic value at the cost of 50,000 innocent people in Xizhou City?" Moreover, we are not at a choice now. ”

Tianxuandu waved his hand and said helplessly: "It's a pity that it's too late now." Say, what are the conditions of the Tibetans? ”

"300,000 pieces of silver, 1 ton of tea, 1,000 horses of silk." Li Tiantu rarely had a trace of shame on his face, this is still the Tubo people who want to rush his life, and the request is not high, but for the Celestial Empire, where the treasury is empty, it is still a large amount.

Tianxuandu's eyebrows were twisted, and he said solemnly: "Li Tiantu, it is indeed rare that you can protect the territory of five hundred miles north of Xizhou, but do you know that the Celestial Empire has not bowed its head to Fanbang and paid tribute in the forty years since its establishment. Although I know that you are by no means bowing to the Tubo people because you are greedy for life and afraid of death, how do those Wenchen Pavilion elders and people from all over the world who are not in the bureau think of you? You have made a lot of enemies in the DPRK and China, do you want to be pointed at by a thousand people? ”

Li Tiantu got up and half-knelt on the ground, raised his head and said, "Emperor Xie understands, Weichen has already prepared in his heart. ”

Tianxuandu smiled bitterly and said, "Li Tiantu, you have a problem for me. It is unfair to you and the entire city of Xizhou to take the protection of your Anxi capital. If I don't punish you, what will you let me do to appease the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the hearts of the subjects of the world? ”

Li Tiantu was at a loss, he still thought about the affairs of the court too simply, he thought that with the support of Tianxuandu, the Celestial Dynasty symbolically compensated Tubo with some silver and two materials, and Xizhou was saved. But I didn't expect that the people of the Celestial Empire, who owned the entire Central Plains, were accustomed to that feeling of being on top, so how could they bow their heads to those foreign races?

In the morning of the next day, Tianxuandu finally couldn't stop the accountability of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military led by the Nine Princes and the Imperial Historian to Li Tiantu, and had no choice but to cut off Li Tiantu's position as the protector of Anxi's capital and demote him to the common people.

Fortunately, Prime Minister Jian Jiuling did not say a word from beginning to end, which can be regarded as giving Li Tiantu a trace of comfort. At present, Xizhou City is lonely in the Western Regions, and the Celestial Empire has lost control of it. Thinking about it, Tianxuandu also tried his best, trying to block everyone's mouths with this.